Set audio input level manually on t5i

First post here. I've just started workig with my new t5i, which I'm using to work on my ongoing video tutorial series. In the manual I see how it is possible to set the audio input level maually for an external mic but I can't figure out how to navigate to the menu that allows me to do this. I have pored over the user manual a number of times and can't find this information. Can anyone help?

Re: Set audio input level manually on t5i

Thanks for taking the time to reply. On my camera, when in video mode (the one after "on" on the main body of the camera, then with the exposure set to "automatic"), when I hit the menu button I get a screen that shows 8 little icons along the top. Scrolling through them, the first three are red, the next two are blue, and the last three are yellow. When I get to "sound recording", it's in the third red menu, and the only options are "On and "Off". Is it possible this is a different version of the same camera?

Re: Set audio input level manually on t5i

Thanks! Will try that out. I am shooting videos in which I am seated in front of the camera in a room with decent lighting, so i have to turn on the camera, take a seat, and do musical demonstrations. Which one of these modes would likely be best suited for that type of purpose?

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Thanks again for all the help. I didn't use Manual mode because i thought the auto focus wouldn't work on that setting, and since i can't b at the camera focusing and sitting being the object focused upon, that didn't seem to be an option. Sorry for being so ignorant in this field, but I'm really a musician. I will try to learn more about the camera before shooting the next video.

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I came across this thread, as I just received my Rode Videomic GO. I couldn't figure out how to get it to work, so I was searching on Google(obviously).

Well, I did EVERYTHING as stated in the first answer at the beginning of this thread, and my mic is STILL NOT picking up any sound.The only sound I am getting, is this weird noise because the camera is plugged in (it doesn't do it when it's not plugged in, using the camera internal mic).

I'm hoping I didn't get a faulty mic (I did buy it refurbished). But I'm hoping I'm just missing doing something here to get it to work, pick up sound and stop making the weird sound it makes!